Verdun station
| File:Verdun Station Platform (Montreal).jpg The station's platform, with a train leaving toward Angrignon | |||||||||||
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| Location | 4520/4525, rue de Verdun Verdun, Quebec H4G 1M3 Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Société de transport de Montréal | ||||||||||
| Connections | List of STM bus routes STM bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Depth | 21.9 metres (71 feet 10 inches), 12th deepest | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
| Architect | Jean-Maurice Dubé | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | ARTM: A[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 3 September 1978 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2024[2][3] | 1,542,247 Increase 7.92% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 56 of 68 | ||||||||||
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Verdun station (French pronunciation: [vɛʁdœ̃] Audio file "LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Verdun.wav" not found) is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. It opened on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon station.
Architecture and art
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Designed by Jean-Maurice Dubé, it is a normal side platform station, built in a deep open cut necessitated by the surrounding Utica shale formation. The ticket hall is located at transept level, and both the mezzanine and platforms are surmounted by high volumes. The volume over the tracks and platforms has a forced perspective; the ceiling lowers and the platform width shortens on the western end of the station. Accesses are located on either side of rue de Verdun.
The artwork running throughout the station consists of concrete walls with bas-reliefs in the upper parts and painted motifs on the lower, which were designed by Claude Théberge and Antoine D. Lamarche.
Origin of the name
[edit | edit source]This station is named for rue de Verdun and for the borough (formerly the city) of Verdun, in front of whose borough office the station is located. The land that would later constitute the borough was granted as a concession to Zacharie Dupuis in 1671; he named it Fief-de-Verdun for his birthplace at Saverdun in the south of France.
Connecting bus routes
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Nearby points of interest
[edit | edit source]- Verdun borough office
- Régie du logement
- Centre communautaire Marcel-Giroux
- St. Willibrord Hospitality Centre
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Verdun Metro Station— Official site
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com — Photos, information, and trivia
- 2011 STM System Map
